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This rich array of maps and plans reveals the inexorable rise of railways in the 19th century and how they became an established part of the British landscape. See how new lines carved their paths through the British countryside, transforming the environment and connecting towns and cities across the country like never before.

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Great Western Railway map

circa 1900-circa 1948

LNER map

1923-1948

Scarborough's map of the British Isles

1911-1914

map of London & South Western Railway

Map, Railway Clearing House

1921

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Map of Railway Clearing House in Scotland

1916

Map, Railway Clearing House

1913

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Stanford's Map of Metropolitan Railways, Bridges, Embankments &c. ....

1863

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

1939

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

Plan, elevation and brief specification for the Sankey viaduct

A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester

1824-1830

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

1845

'Map of the London and Birmingham Railway and adjacent country', c 1840

1835-1845

A plan and section of the railway from Liverpool to Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster

1829

Map of the East Indian Railway

1846

Royal Route to the North of Scotland via Aberdeen

Brydone's Railway Directory

1858-1862

A travelling county atlas: with all the railroads accurately laid down and coloured

1847

Map, Railway Clearing House

1906

Bradshaw's Map of the Railways in Great Britain shewing also the line of Navigation from the principal Sea Ports ....

1843

A new map of Great Britain; particularly shewing the Inland Navigation

1844

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830

Southern Railway general system

Midland & Great Northern Joint Lines

1914

Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland

1822

Smith's Railway Map, 1836

1836

Carriage Plan of Royal train for Queen Victoria's funeral

1901

Cruchley's Railway Map of England & Wales / G.F. Cruchley

1840

Smith's Map of England & Wales, Containing the whole of the Turnpike Roads, Railways & Canals

1845

River Tyne

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20
Relief map, Great Western Railway. In glass case with relief of South-West England including Wales and Cornwall.

Great Western Railway relief map in glass case

Map, National Railway of Zimbabwe, system map.

National Railway of Zimbabwe map

Ordnance Survey Map showing Surrey Iron Railway with photographs attached (1900-198 & 200)

Surrey Iron Railway

Britannia Tubular Bridge. General plan of works from actual survey, October 1848. [3 items, scale 1" : 100'. Printed by Day & Son. Each plan bears ms. ink additions showing lines used and their links to capstans on the shore either side of Menai Straits; one is "Plan of Floating No.1 or A Tube, Floated 4 Dec 1849"; one is "Plan of Floating No.4 or C Tube, Floated 10 June 1850". These items are available on SM negs. 700/94 to 702/94 and C/T PC-305 to PC-307]

Britannia Tubular Bridge Plans

1848
Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway : Plan & Section of proposed Extension Line from Woolvercot near Oxford to Brentford with a branch therefrom / Robt. Nicholson. 1851. [Volume, front cover bears OX. W. & W. RAILWAY. 1851. DIRECTORS; COPY. iv + 55 double-page sheets containing hand-coloured plan and longitudinal and cross-sections. The plan occupies the first 26 double-page, hand-coloured sheets, each 54 x 75cm; the top of each sheet bears the name of the county, and the bottom the name of the parish(es) through which it passes. Rivers, streams and other natural features are all indicated as are roads, canals, other railways, individual buildings etc. The longitudinal and cross-sections occupy a further 29 double-page, hand-coloured sheets of the same size, the last two of which bear the 47 cross-sections. Embankments and cuttings are all shown against the undulating ground profile. Intersections with roads, paths, other railways, rivers, streams and canals are all indicated, with notes of bridges, levels and necessary alterations. The ruling gradient is 1:150. There are quite long stretches of level, and no tunnels. Scales various. The whole lithographed by M. & M.W. Lambert, Newcastle upon Tyne]

Ox W & W Railway Plan and Section

1851
[Map] A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster : Surveyed by George Stephenson Engineer. 20th day of Novr. 1824. [Engraving, part with wash, scales 4" : 3/4m; 3" : 1000yds. Bears ms. note 'Deposited with me, in the Office of the Town Clerk of Liverpool within the Town hall of Liverpool this 30th day of November 1824' signed 'Wm. Statham Town Clerk'; and signatures of 'Geo. Stephenson' Engineer and 'T.O. Blackett' Surveyor.

Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster

1824
[Set of maps (7) re Liverpool and Manchester Railway. All items folded in box. Box bears holograph signature 'Geo. Stephenson'. See below for individual items (of which listing is available)]

[Box of folded maps re Liverpool and Manchester Railway]

1824-1830
Seventeen maps of the rail and road systems of London in the period 1924-1958 (Twelve railway maps, 5 road maps).

Railway and road maps of London

1924-1958
Map. London & North Eastern Railway. Diagram of Southern Area. (c1923/1924). Lines superimposed on Ordnance Survey plan. Personal copy of S A Parnwell, Divisional General Manager, Southern Area, London & North Eastern Railway. Backed on linen and folded with covers. 2732 x 3008 mm (flat). 216 x 317 mm (folded).

LNER diagram of southern area

1923-1924
Map. Philips' Series of Comparative Wall Atlases. British Isles Political & Communications showing the Railway Groups of Great Britain and their Constituent Companies. Edited by Professor J F Unstead and E G R Taylor. Published and printed by George Philip & Son Limited, London. Backed on linen with holes for hanging. Presented by Mrs J A Godfrey, 46 Hillview Gardens, Cheshunt, Herts.

Map. Philips' Series of Comparative Wall Atlases

Map, "Map of England and Wales showing the Railways, Canals and Inland Navigation", compiled under the direction of Capt. J.L.A. Simmons, F.MacKenzie, Draughtsman, No 40, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 1/12/1852. Hansard Printer, 8 sheets in blue wrap cover

Map, "Map of England and Wales showing the Railways

BR map, British Rail - Passenger Network Map as at 1 January 1968

British Rail - Passenger Network Map as at 1 January

1968
Map of London shewing goods cartage boundary, London & North Eastern Railway, undated.

Map of London shewing goods cartage boundary

Coloured map. North British Railway. North British Railway and its Connections. (c1900). Backed on linen with batten and hook for hanging. Poor condition. Dirty with discoloured varnish and flaking surface.

Map of North British Railway

1900
Plan, Midland Railway, Sheffield Station enlargement, May 1904.

Plan, Midland Railway

1904
"Gas Light and Steam". Compendium of Maps and Plans depicting gas works railways of the North Thames Gas Board and Constituent companies. Compiled by Malcolm Millichip, author of "Gas Light and Steam" (a history of the railways which served the North Thames Gas Board), published in 1995. Copy plans covering the period c1820-1970 show track layouts and other features. They were compiled by the author during his research but not all were included in the book. Included 2 leaflets promoting Gas,Light & Steam. 1 volume.

'gas light and steam 'papers

1995